Donghwa Neureumi (Winter-Melon Neureumi)

Ingredients

• winter melon (donga / white gourd)
• radish
• seogi, pyogo, and jini mushrooms
• black pepper (hucho)
• Sichuan pepper (cheoncho)
• soy broth (jiryeong-guk)
• oil and wheat flour
• pheasant broth (saengchi-jup)

Instructions

1. Slice old winter melon thin and wide; salt it.
2. Boil radish soft; finely chop seogi, pyogo, and jini mushrooms and season with black pepper for the filling.
3. Wrap filling in the melon slices, skewer, and steam over a double-boiler until done.
4. Make a soy-broth sauce with oil, wheat flour, pheasant stock, black and Sichuan pepper; boil.
5. Plate the pieces and pour the sauce over.